Movie

The House Under the Rocks

1959 · 96 min

A slow, claustrophobic study of three damaged people bound together in a remote house, heavy with unspoken need and quiet desperation.

Overview: Three people – a returned prisoner of war, his beautiful second wife, and the possessive, hunchbacked spinster who is his sister-in-law by his first marriage – are isolated in a little house under an extinct volcano, where each strives for personal happiness but is suffocated by their dependence on the others.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, obsession, family, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
family
trauma
loneliness
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild